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| Win a DVD of In The Name of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale! (Note: NOT an April Fools joke.)  HeavenGames is proud to announce that it will be giving out 5 DVDs of In The Name of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, the action-packed movie based on the popular Dungeon Siege video game franchise! In addition to the movie and all of the great traditional extra features, the DVD also has a free demo of Dungeon Siege 2 for your enjoyment. All you need to do is correctly answer all 10 questions in our Dungeon Siege quiz by the deadline of April 30th and you'll be entered in a drawing for one of the five DVDs. |
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| A Mighty Giant Returns and Desires to become the next “Apprentice” For many years an active and mighty player of Age of Wonders (yes the original) has been absent… well… not exactly absent but on a long sabbatical… something about building up Heaven Games, making all the Heavens grow, legal mumbo jumbo, hob nobbing with the owners, yada, yada, yada, yada. Oh, by the way his name is none other than “Draco”. Yes, that’s him, the mighty Angel Draco! Draco has teamed up with Enginerd in a 2 vs. 2 team match against CrazySlyHawk and Balak of Thorn. They will be playing a game on the map called “The Apprentice III – Deluxe Version” . In the theme of Donald Trump’s show we are about to find out if Draco can become the next “Apprentice” (turn logs here) Welcome Back Draco! |
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SOLO: Essays and Commentary on the Art of the Single Player Game" Debuts at HeavenGames!  " SOLO: Essays and Commentary on the Art of the Single Player Game" debuts at HeavenGames! This new, semi-regular column on the art and theory of designing single player games will highlight important issues in the development of games, asking challenging questions about the nature of gaming, whether games will ever meet the criteria for art, and offering practical pointers on how the best single player experiences are created by designers.SOLO is written by Gordon Farrell, a long-time professional designer of single player campaigns for AAA games such as Empire Earth and Empires: Dawn of the Modern World. In addition, he has worked on strategy titles such as Caesar IV, Children of the Nile and BreakAway Games' Middle Eastern city builder, Arabian Lords. He is currently Lead Writer for Reverie World Studios' first game, Dawn of Fantasy, due for release in Fall 2008. HGS regulars will recognize Gordon's work as a staple of our download sections, from games as diverse as Age of Empires and Caesar 3, to both Stronghold 1, Stronghold 2 and Age of Kings. In addition to his HGS mods, he has highly-rated Civilization 4 mods uploaded at CivFanatics as well. Gordon is on the faculty of New York University, where he teaches narrative theory for video games, theory of screenwriting, and advanced studies in dramatic art. He also lectures at Marymount Manhattan College in video games, script analysis, and theatre history. In 2002, Prima Games published his essay, "The Theory of Scenario Design." His extensive professional and academic experience promises an exciting column filled with commentary on the art of games that will be both controversial and thought-provoking. |
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| Talonthorn Resigns Apologies for the late notice here. I regret to inform you that Talonthorn will be leaving us as staff. Our site owes him a lot. For example, the scenario design section is mostly built by him. He has also been very helpful in answering lots of questions on the forums regarding scripts. Although he let me know it is not a definite goodbye, we'll be missing him as staff. |
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| The Clash of the Forums is Near Baske announces: "Battle of the Forums"! It was a lonely day. Inside the Cherub Wagon, Zen; the divine lord and God of Heavengames turned on his computer. Everything was going fine untill Zen realised something was missing. All the staff, as exemplary and *insert flattery here* as they were, were extremely predictable. This was also the case for the members. Zen then had a great idea to add variety to HG. He organised a giant party for a few members from each heaven, and sent in 3 of his most trusted staff with nice sharp kittens axes. His plan was to assassinate the members, while he sat back and ate some popcorn. As the members realised this, they quickly gathered up their pointy sticks. The stage was set, and Zen ordered the killing to be conducted in a turn based civilised manner. What forum has the most cunning warriors? We're about to find out... Read this (http://www.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=ct&f=1,335704,0,10) thread for more info. The AoW nomination thread can be found here: (http://aow.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=ct&f=8,5234,,60) |
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| Finbar’s Quest - New SP Monthly Challenge Competition for 2008 It has been 3 years since the last Single Player Monthly Challenge. There was great fun and excitement in the monthly challenges and now a new group of players is ready to rise and battle it out in friendly competition. For January the map will be based on the winning single player map from the recent map making competition. Namely…. Gandalf the White on his award winning map Finbar’s Quest! Can you save the Elves from destruction? Can you find the Red Ring… and the Blue Ring? Can you rebuild the fabled Elf Capital? Can you complete the map in the fewest turns? We’ll all find out this month! You can download the unmodified award winning map here You can download the map for the Jan 2008 competition here You can post and read more about the competition here |
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| AoW Shadow Magic: Battle of the Cherubs – Timelord vs. Enginerd Two mighty Champions of the game face off to battle but there is soooo much more at stake than just a simple match between friends…. This is the Battle of the Cherubs! Timelord defends the honor of AoW Shadow Magic, where he moderates. He holds the honor of former WL champion, a mighty warrior and tactician with a sound knowledge and understanding of the game. Few have been able to match his skill. Will the Shadow Magic Cherub be victorious???? Enginerd is also a former WL champion…. Of the original Age of Wonders, where he moderates. He too has fought against the best in the game but has he overstepped his bounds??? He has ventured out of his realm of dominance and control for he has no honors or accolades in this new arena… will he be crushed and sent packing, can the AoW1 Cherub be victorious???? The battlefield chosen, AoW Shadow Magic! The map is set, a new upgraded map that few have seen. The game is afoot! Many will follow this classic battle of the ages, who do you think will be victorious…… post and cheer for your Cherub here If you would like to play a game on the same map then post here |
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| AoW1 Wizard Ladder Champion Beaten after 2 years and 17 Wins in a row! It was just over two years ago in September 2005 when Enginerd faced off and beat Gill to claim the Wizard Ladder Champion title for a record 4th time. Nojd the great took his title from him once and the mighty Sprout took it away from him twice… but those two had retired… Who would strip the title from him this time? Many tried and after 17 successful victories Enginerd was finally defeated. A special map entitled The God who will be Defeated was created by an expert mapmaker. This map was designed to challenge Enginerd as he was the God referred to in the map title. A tournament was initiated with this map where 5 players Challenged the Champ . They were all beaten but one of them came back for a second try. It was the mapmaker… who knew the tricks of this map better than anyone and set about a plan to not only beat the Champ but to dominate him! These two had faced off many times before but Enginerd had always been victorious. This time was different…. All hail the new AoW1 Wizard Ladder Champion… Arctic Wolf. Click here to congratulate him. |
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| AoW1 Summer 2007 Mapmaking Competition Results Over the last year there has been a lack of maps submitted to the AoW1 downloads section. All this changed during the month of August when many mapmakers put forth a tremendous effort and produced a wide array of maps. Close to 30 total new maps were created including a small single player campaign. It is truly amazing!!!! There were three categories for the competition: Single Player maps, Multi Player maps and Rookie Mapmakers. And the Winners Are: Gandalf the White and his SP map Finbar’s Quest Dan Petersson and his MP map Greyhawk’s Adventure Jetrall wins the Rookie Award for first time mapmaker with his MP map Race to Glory Honorable mentions go to Artic Wolf for 3 fabulous maps in the top 5, Skout77 for a close 2nd, Dan Donnard for LOTS of maps and Codius for his campaign. All the Mapmakers should be applauded for their efforts. Click here for all the results and offer your congratulations, or click here for a list of the maps in the tourney, or click here to go to the downloads section. |
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| Heaven Games - A New Identity Source: The HG Blog After considerable deliberation, the owners have decided that one major inhibiting factor for HeavenGames’ prosperity is the simple fact that it doesn’t have a clearly defined identity. It has always been a site about games, but that is far too vague for the development of any clear goals and the effective marketing of the site. We have thus discussed the issue with our staff and decided that we should make HeavenGames a site entirely geared towards community. At its core, HeavenGames always has been about building the best communities possible, so it only makes sense that we devote all of our resources to that service...(Read more!) |
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